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FELD THOUGHTS APRIL 14, 2012 The Tragedy Of Calling Things Silicon Blah I was in LA for the past three days hanging out at Oblong , meeting with a bunch of entrepreneurs I know, then spending time at MuckerLabs , giving a talk at SCVStartup , and finishing up my trip with a half day at LaunchPad LA followed by a dinner that LaunchPad LA and Mark Suster put on. ” I responded that I thought it was stupid. | STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS APRIL 14, 2012 Entrepreneurs Have to Move Fast or Get Run Over In today’s business startup environment, if you don’t move fast, you get run over. Without a sense of urgency, people and businesses just can’t move fast enough. Speed is the driver because customers have a zero tolerance for waiting, and there are always competitors gaining on you. John P. You are the role model for everyone in your organization. | | | | | | | | | |
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CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 How Schools Can Teach Innovation – WSJ.com
Over the past few months we have worked with Startup Mason in a peer to peer environment where our founder offer opinions on our shared learning materials, but also on each others projects. What I am struggling more generally with, and I spoke at length with Zoltan Acs recently about this — customers creating content. MORE >> -
CHRIS DIXON | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 There are two ways to make large datasets useful
I’ve spent the majority of my career building technologies that try to do useful things with large datasets.*. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that there are only two ways to make useful products out of large data sets. What do I mean by fault-tolerant context? Netflix). startups MORE >> -
FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012  3 Sales Mistakes to Avoid
A new report identifies what sales teams get wrong to lose a sale. Make sure you're not making these goofs. recently received a report on why companies lose in the selling process. The folks from AskForensics Knowledgebase did an extensive series of interviews dissecting why buyers did not buy from certain companies. Don't be self-centered. MORE >> -
GABRIEL WEINBERG | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 How many employees do you have?
People often ask startups how many employees they have. I'm not entirely sure why they do or why I care, but something about this perpetually asked question bothers me. Instagram having thirteen people should be evidence enough that this question is pretty irrelevant. Other famous acquisitions bear this out as well. know we do. MORE >> -
DEAL ARCHITECT | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 More New Florence
on the innovation blog Consumer Reports Top Auto Picks 2012 What would you do with the 1 GBPS web? CNN Audio Tech The Richat structure from the ISS Over a century of tech according to GE annual reports. Innovative Business Uses of Technology MORE >>
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